The Baroness Young of Old Scone | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 3rd Chancellor of Cranfield University | |
| In office 2010–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Vincent,Baron Vincent of Coleshill |
| Succeeded by | Deirdre Hutton |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 4 November 1997 Life Peerage | |
| Chair,Royal Veterinary College | |
| Assumed office August 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barbara Scott Young 8 April 1948 Perth,Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour (before 2000 and since 2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Non-affiliated (2000–2015) |
Barbara Scott Young,Baroness Young of Old Scone, FRSGS,HonMLS (born 8 April 1948) [1] is a Scottish Labour member of the House of Lords. She was created a life peer on 4 November 1997 as Baroness Young of Old Scone,of Old Scone in Perth and Kinross. [2]
Young was educated at Perth Academy,from where she went to the University of Edinburgh to read Classics and Business Studies. [3]
As Vice-chair of the Council for the Institute of Health Management,Young carried out much of the work on the development of a “Policy Plan for the Institute –Priorities and Objectives”. She was appointed president in 1987,the first woman to hold the position. [4]
In 1997 Young was appointed as Vice Chair of the BBC,standing down in November 2000 after two and a half years. [5]
Young is currently chair of the Woodland Trust. She joined the Trust's Board in January 2016 and became chair on 9 June 2016.
She was the Chief Executive of health charity Diabetes UK,a position she took up on 1 November 2010 until September 2015. [6] Her resignation was noted in an early day motion tabled 9 September 2015:"under Baroness Young's leadership,Diabetes UK has succeeded in putting diabetes treatment and care high on the healthcare agenda of the UK,including a key role in the National Diabetes Prevention Programme". [7]
Before joining Diabetes UK,Young was involved in the establishment of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)s . Then Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced the appointment of Baroness Young as chair of the organisation on 15 April 2008. [8] She stood down in 2010. The announcement followed an independent recruitment exercise conducted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission and a pre-appointment scrutiny hearing. [9] by the Health Select Committee,which subsequently endorsed Young for appointment as the CQC chair. She held this position until 1 February 2010. [10] On 21 October 2010,Young became the Chief Executive of the health charity,Diabetes UK. [11] Baroness Young resigned from Diabetes UK in 2015 and took up the Presidency of the Royal Veterinary College in 2019. [12]
Prior to taking up the post of chair of the CQC,Young was the chief executive of the Environment Agency (2000 –May 2008),an appointment which led to her becoming a non-affiliated member in the House of Lords;previously she had taken the Labour whip. Other posts she has held include chair of English Nature;vice chairman of the BBC;board member of AWG plc;Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and of a number of local health authorities,including from 1985 Parkside Health Authority (abolished in 1993). [11]
